Kabbalah Online Magazine
KabbalaOnline.org Magazine
Vol. 6, No. 43 - the week of14 - 20 Av 5770 / July 25 - 31, 2010
A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Among the many important verses in this week's Torah Reading are the designation of special grains and fruits
and the instruction to bless G-d after we have eaten, the only blessing specified in the entire Torah.
Most of the articles below deal with these two topics.
Our lead article, however, is about the not-so-well known holiday that falls this week,
when the single Jewish women used to dance and sing together in the fields.
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| Holidays |
 | Dancing in the Moonlight
From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; adapted by Yehoshua Metzinger
Tu B'Av: the greater the descent, the greater the ascent |
| Daily Activities |
 | The Spirituality of Eating
By Yaakov-Shmuel Levinson [excerpted from B'Or Hatorah magazine]
Kabbalah teaches that eating is also spiritual. |
 | Mystical Mealtime
From the teachings of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Kabbalah teaches that the spiritual life-force in food is what gives a person vitality. |
| Tuv Ha'aretz |
 | Manna and Fruits of Israel
— Chapter Ten, Part 1
By Rabbi Nathan Schapira; translation & commentary by David Slavin
The fruits for which Israel is famous are rooted in the spiritual worlds |
| Weekly Torah |
 | Dew Course
Adapted from the works of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi by Yossi Marcus
The life-giving power of Torah can only be actualized if learned for the sake of connecting to G-d. |
 | Magic at Dinner Time
By Shmuel-Simcha Treister
Transform your meals into a vehicle for drawing down holiness |
| Mystic Story |
 | Superior Vintage
By Yerachmiel Tilles
The wine that was too good to drink! |
